Dr. Charlotte Pooler is a Clinician Scientist with Palliative End of Life Care and Community Programs, Continuing Care, Edmonton Zone, Alberta Health Services and Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta. She focused on symptoms (pain, breathlessness), comfort, suffering, ethics and qualitative research in her MN (Calgary) and PhD (Alberta). Her previous experience is cardiac and critical care nursing. Her current practice and research focus is integrating a palliative approach for patients and families across settings.